6.55. Udev-104

The udev-config tarball contains LFS-specific files used to configure Udev. Unpack it into the Udev source directory:

tar -xvf ../udev-config-20061021.tar.bz2

Create some devices and directories that Udev cannot handle due to them being required very early in the boot process:

install -dv /lib/{firmware,udev/devices/{pts,shm}}
mknod -m0666 /lib/udev/devices/null c 1 3
ln -sv /proc/self/fd /lib/udev/devices/fd
ln -sv /proc/self/fd/0 /lib/udev/devices/stdin
ln -sv /proc/self/fd/1 /lib/udev/devices/stdout
ln -sv /proc/self/fd/2 /lib/udev/devices/stderr
ln -sv /proc/kcore /lib/udev/devices/core

Compile the package:

make EXTRAS="extras/ata_id extras/cdrom_id extras/edd_id \
            extras/firmware extras/floppy extras/path_id extras/rule_generator \
            extras/scsi_id extras/usb_id extras/volume_id"

To test the results, issue: make test.

Note that the Udev testsuite will produce numerous messages in the host system's logs. These are harmless and can be ignored.

Install the package:

make DESTDIR=/ \
    EXTRAS="extras/ata_id extras/cdrom_id extras/edd_id \
            extras/firmware extras/floppy extras/path_id extras/rule_generator \
            extras/scsi_id extras/usb_id extras/volume_id" install

Udev has to be configured in order to work properly, as it does not install any configuration files by default. First install the commonly-used rules files provided by Udev:

cp -v etc/udev/rules.d/[0-9]* /etc/udev/rules.d/

Now install the LFS-specific rules files:

cd udev-config-20061021
make install

Install the documentation that explains the LFS-specific rules files:

make install-doc

Install the documentation that explains the commonly-used rules files provided by Udev:

make install-extra-doc

Install the documentation that explains how to create custom Udev rules:

cd ..
install -m644 -D -v docs/writing_udev_rules/index.html \
    /usr/share/doc/udev-104/index.html